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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8572&amp;speccode=7186'>Alvarez-Lajonchere, L.0 Algunos datos adicionales sobre la reproducción y las relaciones largo-peso, de &lt;i&gt;Mugil curema&lt;/i&gt; (Pisces, Mugilidae) en Cuba. Rev. Invest. Mar. 1(1):75-91. (Ref. 8572)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=7186'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75154&amp;speccode=7186'>Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS &amp; CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=85272&amp;speccode=7186'>Seeto, J. and W.J. Baldwin0 A checklist of the fishes of Fiji and a bibliography of Fijian fish. Division of Marine Studies Technical Report 1/2010. The University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji. 102 p. (Ref. 85272)</reference>
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